Best Shopping Malls in Snoqualmie Falls Area

"Opening a tiny cocktail den months before a pandemic: Not great, Bob. But the takeout menu is great, and the work of Blind Pig Bistro alum Rene Gutierrez. It ranges from "Spanish lunchables" to posole to a gochujang glazed pork collar—and it's woefully incomplete without one of Keith Waldbauer's cocktails."

"Where they are: Western Washington and WenatcheeWhy you need them: The first thing to know about Taco Time NW is that if you’ve been to a Taco Time anywhere besides Western Washington, you have been to a different restaurant. A weird quirk of the corporate rights means that there are two entirely separate companies, and the one we’re here to talk about is Taco Time NW. It’s a company full of weird quirks, including that it used to call its tater tots “Mexi-Fries” until sometime last year, when they abruptly (and probably rightly) stopped, and that the original White Center location is a time capsule ode to mid-century fast food restaurant architecture that you need to see to understand. But Taco Time NW is also still owned by the fourth generation of the original family, they use lots of local ingredients, and is where you’ll find the greatest fast-food innovation on the planet, the crisp bean burrito, which is more like a flauta than any burrito, with a hint of chimichanga.What to get: Mexi—excuse us, Tater-Fries and a crisp bean burrito."

"Up in the Pacific Northwest exists a tasty fast-food chain called Taco Time, which uses regional ingredients and compostable packaging and has lots and lots of vegan and “veganizable” menu items. Be sure to check out the veggie Fit-Hit Bowl!"